The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-02-18
TIMELY TOPICS.
Helpful Suggestions for Ladies with a Ii
eraI Supply: of Pin-Money.

Helpful Suggestions for Ladies with Lib
era1 supply of Pin-IIoney.
Ribbed silk corset covers are shown,
fitted like jersey, made of pink, blue
and white silk, with insertions of strong
torchon lace.
Another novelty is chemise of Jer-
sey ribbed silk-pink, pale blue or
cream white-to take the place Of an
undervest and short skirt or else to use
in the place of the white chemise.
The low coil of small braids at the
back is now seen not only with round
hats, but with the bonnet This coil is
made very large and is allowed to pro-
ject from the head. instead of lying fat
as when first introduced.
A favorite arrangement of the front
hair is to turn back a thick tress from
the middle of the forehead, with short
locks curling forward on the temples,
after the fashion introduced by the
Presidents wife. This is most suitable
for low fOreheads, but if the forehead
is high the middle tress should be made
TO droOp forward slightly before being
carried back
A "going away" dress for fashion,
able bride was of terra Gotta plush,
over which was draped a fancy cloth
with lines and pompons of plush on a
fawn-colored ground. The bodice was
of plush with cross-Over fronts of cloth.
The plush wrap was lined with pale
pink, and the plush bonnet, embroid-
cred with jet, was trimmed with fawn
and pink bird, its mate being upon the
muff
Lady's cloth in light tints is the latest
novelty-in dress fabrics. These come
in pale mauve, lavender, rose, China
blue, Suede, reseda, light sage, terra
Gotta and chaudrOn. The reseda cloth
polOnaises are draped over cream-white
skirts that are bordered with brown
fur and decorated with pointed passe-
menterie of gilt or copper. For trim
ming these pale cloths there are also
garnitures of -cut-work of cloth in ara
besqUes.
Narrow ribbons form an important
part of evening dresses for young girls.
Their gauze or crepe dresses are liter
ally covered with ribbons, satin or
moire-moire pally-arranged in
perpendicular or diagonal lines. The
edge of the skirt or the deep plaitings
have from three to seven rows of mar
row ribbon set on in graduated dis
tances. The folds of the looping are
held by bows with innumerable long
ends, and they are repeated on the
shoulder.
Gray grows more and more popular.
Visiting dresses of gray lady s-cloth of
the delicate French shades are trimmed
with gray fur The bodice has a little
vest of the palest shade of pink Grape.
The fur-trimmed mantle is lined with
pink surah. The bonnet is embroid-
cred with the dull gray ''shot' passe-
menterie, which is also shown on the
shoulders of the wrap and is trimmed
with soft pink and gray breasts of birds,
while the gray fur muff is lined with
pink also.
Dustrous satins in light and dark
shades are still popular for evening
wear. as they light up so we'll at night.
Striped satins of white-with a color,
az Nile-green brocaded stripes, with
plain white stripes, or else pink with
cream white or bright yellow velvet
and satin-are sent out by Partisan
modistes, trimmed with founces of
point d'esprit lace in which narrow rib
bons are run. The sleeves are then
puffs of the dotted net across the front
of the arm. banded by narrow ribbons.
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